CTV Has Won, Now Comes the Battle of the Tech Giants

Before ad exchanges, media inventory was exclusively purchased through direct negotiations with publishers. This worked fine in the early days. But...

Unlike traditional broadcast television, connected TV (CTV) ads are delivered over the internet. This makes them more targeted and measurable —...

Car buying has changed. Unpredictable inventory, inflation, and post-COVID consumer behaviors are just a few of the obstacles the automotive industry...

CTV. OTT. With so many acronyms to keep track of and the inconsistent uses of each term, it’s no wonder people often get the two confused. Connected...

What do you get when you mix traditional pay TV with digital delivery to connected TV (CTV) devices? Virtual multichannel video programming...

Imagine seeing a commercial for a local spa and making a mental note to book an appointment. By the time you sit down at your computer the next day,...

CTV advertising unlocks the potential to precisely target viewers on the most important screen in the household: the living room TV.

Understanding the distinctions between first-party and third-party data is crucial to achieving better campaign results. Knowing these differences...

As an advertiser, embracing full-funnel attribution elevates your campaign measurement to make data-backed decisions, and unlocks the full potential...

Connected TV (CTV) has emerged as a turning point for TV audiences, capturing viewers' attention and redefining how advertisers engage with consumers.

Picture this: It’s a sunny day in July and the year is 1941. A family in New York City sits down to watch the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Philadelphia...

Even though people have altered the way they watch television, TV advertising is still the most persuasive form of advertising.

OTT refers to the video streaming content delivered over the internet. With TV viewers switching to digital over traditional cable, connected TVs...

Moving further into 2023, connected TV (CTV) advertising will continue to evolve with better ways to target and measure, giving advertisers the...

Discovering how your audience saw an ad, clicked on it, or searched online afterward, eliminates the guesswork of your campaign impact.

Programmatic advertising is the automated process of buying online ads that reduces the time it takes to manage it manually.

With streaming content up 31.8% in January for total TV share compared to the previous year, you can count on connected TV (CTV) to reach your...

Discover everything you need to know about AVOD advertising, video on demand, and the new age of media consumption with Strategus.

These days, when we browse online, we regularly see ads based on previous searches and purchases. These ads often cater to us and differ from what...

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What does it take to build brand recognition in digital advertising?

Unrest in digital advertising channels and an economic downturn have impacted ad budgets across the board. As a result, ad spending will be stricter...

The switch from traditional TV to digital streaming devices like over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) moves steadily year over year. And video...

Connected TV (CTV) devices continue to shake up TV advertising by delivering new and effective ways to message audiences. And the growing number of...

2023 will certainly be interesting in how marketers decide to launch brand awareness and engagement to produce the most return on investment.

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Advertising today holds the opportunity to reach consumers with more digital touchpoints than ever before. And the increasing power of streaming...

Marketing your local business needs to reach audiences living nearby. It seems pretty straightforward, but capturing a relevant viewership at the...

Marketing during an economic downswing may have some companies cutting back on brand awareness. But advertising is an investment rather than an...

Car dealerships are up against many challenges that make driving traffic to their locations and increasing sales difficult. The ongoing chip shortage...

When it comes to healthcare, advertisers face significant challenges that need to be defeated in order to generate awareness of their services, drive...

The past year has introduced many changes to the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, especially since the pandemic fast-tracked mobile and...

The world of data collection changed dramatically in 2021, striking fear in the hearts of many data-reliant advertisers across the globe. That said,...

As the digital marketplace becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, the consumer decision-making journey evolves. What was once a relatively...

Over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) advertising have quickly become an integral part of every successful marketing strategy. Consumers are...

Adapting to the newest technology and trends in digital marketing is a never-ending demand in the industry.

Every marketer's dream is to create instant brand recall and recognition among their target audience. It's the ultimate one-upper over everyone else...

Today's shoppers use multiple modes and platforms to research products, engage with brands, pursue entertainment, and, ultimately, buy products. When...

Simply having a product or service is no longer enough to capture your audience's attention. After all, your customers won't even know your product...

There isn't much that compares to the challenge of understanding your buyers' preferences and implementing them into your campaign strategies to...

In today's online market, every ad campaign needs to be perfectly tailored to suit the tastes and needs of your target market. Overly generalized...

The more you can track, the better you can understand how your audiences are engaging with your marketing campaigns. But being able to track...

Reach and frequency — two words every advertiser has heard, and likely overheard, throughout their career. And still, there is likely some...

With the advent of automated buying methods and evolving landscape of streaming, media buying is entering uncharted territory. The days of manual...

You have certain goals to hit with every linear TV ad campaign you launch. But because this advertising channel has traditionally had a lack of...

Both OTT/CTV television and traditional linear broadcasting are useful for marketers who want to target their advertisements to a well-defined...

Tracking brand lift gives you more insight into how well your video ads resonate with your audience and drive them to take a particular action.

No matter what your budget is, it's more limited than you'd like. And that means it's important to deliver video ads with pinpoint precision so...

As a marketing leader, you know the big picture goals for your marketing campaigns every quarter. But translating those goals into actionable...

Consumer attention continues to fragment across different types of media, with OTT/CTV viewership gaining the most steam. Sticking to traditional...

If you’re looking to improve the success of your marketing objectives and make your brand more known, using white label OTT/CTV advertising is one of...

If one of your biggest concerns is generating brand lift in a way that improves overall ROI, then pre-roll video is exactly what you’ve been looking...

Sticking to tried and true methods is risky in today’s marketing environment. New technologies are invalidating long-held theories, and consumer...

Market, Message, and Media Factors in Frequency Marketing Campaigns - Choosing the right ad frequency can make or break a marketing campaign. If your...

The significance of OTT advertising is already becoming incredibly clear for many marketers, but what many are missing out on is the increasing...

How to Build Relationships Through Effective Frequency in Advertising -- Modern marketing trends evolve at a lightning-fast pace, but the core tenets...

Like almost anything in marketing, media buying started with a traditional processing method modified by technological advancement to be more...

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When you turn to modern media outlets, brand protection isn’t just about avoiding scandals and bad customer service. It’s about continually striving...

Most marketers are knowledgeable on modern media buying and programmatic tactics but are still struggling to provide the best results for their...

Automation is dominating the advertising industry with efficiency, and programmatic advertising is no exception. It has taken our traditional methods...

It’s a serious challenge keeping up with the ever-changing digital environment and new, automated ways of media buying. The problem is that when you...

THIS POST IS PART OF OUR LARGER “ALL IN ONE GUIDE TO PROGRAMMATIC AD BUYING” CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. It’s becoming more common for marketers to...

Millennials are the most valuable generation to market to, and their usage of nontraditional television consumption continues to increase. Not only...

Modern advertisers can’t just have a pretty good idea of who they are selling to. In order to implement successful campaigns, you need to have an...

It wasn’t long ago that multichannel marketing was the up-and-coming tactic that advertisers and marketers were urged to perfect. But as everyone in...

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This post is part of our larger “The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Omnichannel Marketing,” click here to learn more.

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This Blog is part of our larger Guide to Understanding Omnichannel Marketing, click here to learn more

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This post is part of our larger “The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Omnichannel Marketing,” click here to learn more.

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AVOD vs SVOD vs MVPD vs OTT? Regardless of your role in advertising, it is always advantageous to keep up with the latest trends and development in...

In the realm of advertising, shifts in best practices, new trends, and constant change, are all to be expected. Over the past half decade, marketers...

In the past 10 years, we have seen the advertising industry undergo dramatic transitions as we enter a new age of television and media consumption.

It was not too long ago that CTV (Connected TV) and OTT (over-the-top) were considered new terms. The explosive growth of both CTV and OTT in the...

We really can’t say we’re in the dawn of a new era in marketing if new trends and terms aren’t popping up seemingly every day or two. Suffice it to...

The transition from traditional cable services to connected TV (CTV) and over-the-top platforms (OTT) has been ongoing for the better part of the...

Between the cord-cutting movement and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming consumption for the year is up more than 74% from 2019 across all...

This post is part of our larger “AVOD vs. SVOD vs MVPD vs OTT – The Ultimate VOD Guide for Advertisers,” click here to learn more. If it’s...

If you’re here reading this, it’s likely that the thought of being unable to attribute your next ad spend – or worse, drive conversions – causes you...

As more and more households make the shift over to digital streaming from traditional TV, AVOD (advertising-based video on demand) services are...

This post is part of our larger “OTT/CTV eCommerce Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

This post is part of our larger “OTT/CTV eCommerce Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

This post on eCommerce ads is part of our larger “OTT/CTV eCommerce Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

This post is part of our larger “OTT/CTV eCommerce Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

It is a revolutionary time for sports advertising. Historically, marketers could expect to pay massive amounts of money to secure sports slots, and...

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The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic caught everyone by surprise, dramatically changing the day-to-day routines that we were accustomed to,...

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This post is part of our larger “CTV/OTT Sports Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

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This post is part of our larger “CTV/OTT Sports Advertising Guide,” click here to learn more.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has created huge ripples across different industries, all pointing towards the same parallel shift to digital and...

In 2018, marketers and media buyers were in awe at the rate of Connected Television advertising growth. While terms like CTV and “over-the-top” (OTT)...

Over the last few years, there has been a steady increase in the number of cord-cutters making the jump from traditional satellite or cable TV over...

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The truth of the times during the COVID-19 pandemic is that brick and mortar stores nationally are suffering. The numbers are coming in and they are...

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This post is a part of our “Comprehensive Guide To Connected TV Advertising” — Click here to learn more!

At the start of the last decade, we witnessed two things: the peak in the number of pay-TV households and the introduction of a new trend....

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Key Takeaways on the Road to Recovery By Joel Cox, Co-Founder and EVP, Strategus

With online shopping on the rise due to COVID-19, your ability to track and attribute sales to your OTT campaigns is more important than ever. March...

How to Emerge from a Shutdown with New Targeting Mentalities By Joel Cox, Strategus Co-Founder, EVP Strategy & Innovation

Part II of the Actionable Marketing Strategies During a Pandemic series. By Joel Cox, Strategus Co-Founder, EVP Strategy & Innovation

Part I of the Actionable Marketing Strategies During a Pandemic series. Things have changed dramatically in the last few weeks, and media buyers are...

Changing viewer behavior creates opportunities to optimize programmatic strategies By Joel Cox, Co-Founder, EVP Strategy & Innovation

A lot has changed since Strategus ran the first programmatic advertising campaign in 2015. Within the last half-decade, ad-tech and media have seen...

Whether you’re expecting a house full of guests or a smaller gathering this Thanksgiving… whether you brine, stuff, roast, fry or smoke the...

Since it’s very likely that every company you represent has customers watching streaming content, OTT advertising should be part of their next...

Since 2017, over-the-top (OTT) services have dominated video ad views in the U.S. These streaming platforms combine the best of both worlds: the...

You’ve got a budget. This is the year you’re going to allocate OTT as part of your digital strategy and you want to make your dollars work for you....

Online is the place to be. Did you know 71 percent of Internet users log in to an over-the-top (OTT) service? Yep. And, that’s where your ads should...

Executive Summary Strategus was approached by a well known, Oscar-winning independent film studio to stimulate ticket sales for a new film through a...

As streaming devices have steadily taken over the market, the rise of over-the-top (OTT) advertising has followed suit. Here at Strategus, we have...

You have choices. When it comes to allocating an ad-spend budget, it’s tough to know where to invest your dollars. You know video consumption is on...

Our previous blog post about the future of OTT left our readers with more questions than answers, and we hope to answer those questions with this new...

With the landscape of OTT always changing we can can’t help but wonder where OTT Advertising will be in 5 years. Who will the main OTT players be?...

When running OTT advertising campaigns, you may be asking what’s the best way to optimize your OTT ads? Not all ads are created equal, and not all...

Starting this month, we’ll be diving into optimizing AdWords campaigns, and the in’s and out’s of the AdWords platform to effectively produce results...

In today’s fast paced digital landscape Email has become a daily life event and somewhat of an afterthought in the minds of many Marketers. We hear...

Post view visits and post view conversions provide important information to display advertisers. Display advertisers use these metrics to measure the...

A Connected TV (CTV) is a TV that is an internet-enabled smart TV or any TV that uses a device to connect to the internet, receiving content other...

Boasting over 2 billion monthly active users in the second quarter of 2017, Facebook is the most popular social network worldwide and offers one of...

Every successful marketing or sales campaign begins with clearly defined goals. It should start with a creative brief, to make sure everyone involved...

The best way to use Google’s keyword planner is to use it to forecast the amount of money you should be and could be spending. It literally tells you...

Designing a campaign for success is much easier said than done. And for some, the inevitability of a campaign failing can make the work it takes to...

A well-designed landing page will capture your reader’s attention, lead them by the hand through the copy, and end with them happily taking the...

Keyword research is, or should be, a basic step in the creation of search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns. This step allows you to gauge what...

Have you thought about achieving a Google Certified Partner status for your company? Many companies are not aware of the importance and benefits of...

We’re the first to say it: marketing can be full of gimmicks. Fine-print. Tricks. Advertising sometimes feels like it’s designed to pull a customer...

In a previous post, we covered the importance of linking Google Analytics and Google AdWords. Here, we’ll cover exactly HOW to link Google Analytics...

Optimizing your paid search conversion rate helps businesses understand how their paid search marketing campaigns are affecting their bottom line....

Some of the most powerful tools, available to digital marketing advertisers today is Google Analytics and Google AdWords. Not only do they provide...

If you’re a local business using Google AdWords, you’re missing out if you’re not yet linking Google My Business. The My Business platform, an...

Why aren’t the clicks reported from an ad server matching your Google Analytics? Click discrepancies are a common issue and can be difficult to...

In today’s fast paced digital landscape Email has become a daily life event and somewhat of an afterthought in the minds of many Marketers. We hear...

Clear and Concise Call-to-action While 99.99% of online users probably know they need to click a banner ad, you need a call to action to help guide...

We’ve all been there. We’ve thought to ourselves, if I can just advertise my product/service at the top of the Google search engine, then I’ll be...

Most businesses will say word of mouth when asked about the best referral source to drive traffic to your business. The second most effective driver...

Everything from the way we watch TV to how it’s dispersed is evolving. Traditionally, in order for a user to consume film and TV content they would...

In a perfect world, your mobile banner ads would display only when your most likely customer is in the right place at the right time. That’s the...

Retargeting, also known as remarketing, can help get your brand in front of users that have visited your website without taking action. Every digital...